embrasure

em·bra·sure  (m-brzhr)

n.

1. An opening in a thick wall for a door or window, especially one with sides angled so that the opening is larger on the inside of the wall than on the outside.

2. A flared opening for a gun in a wall or parapet.

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[French, from embraser, to widen an opening.]

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em·brasured adj.

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embrasure [ɪmˈbreɪʒə]

n

1. (Military / Fortifications) Fortifications an opening or indentation, as in a battlement, for shooting through

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an opening forming a door or window, having splayed sides that increase the width of the opening in the interior

[from French, from obsolete embraser to widen, of uncertain origin]

embrasured  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embrasure - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through porthole, port opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Translations

embrasure [ɪmˈbreɪʒəʳ] N (Archit) → alféizar m (Mil) → tronera f, aspillera f

embrasure

n (in parapet) → Schießscharte f; (of door, window) → Laibung f